Town trade profile · SR7

Seaham importers & exporters

30 businesses in Seaham appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 13 of 21 trading locations in County Durham. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 12.6% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

539Import declarations▼ 6.9% on the 6 months before

227Export declarations

−12.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

30Trading businesses

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 30 businesses.

★ Most active in SeahamFiled more customs declarations than any other Seaham business over the last six months — roughly 34% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.

Most active business

INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC SYSTEMS LTD

184 import declarations 52 export declarations SR7 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), rigid tubes, pipes and hoses, of polymers of vinyl chloride.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity184 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity52 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

RG DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED

78 import declarations Imports only SR7 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 82 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates and boiling rings, electric grillers and roasters, for domestic use (excl. space-heating stoves and microwave ovens), furniture "chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like" for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. combined refrigerator-freezers with separate external doors, household refrigerators and freezer, machinery, plant and equipment for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food (excl. domestic appliances).

▼ Expected to slow by 21.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

THERMAL TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY LTD

31 import declarations 7 export declarations SR7 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves", articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), tubes and pipes of refined copper.

▼ Expected to slow by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MISSION FOODS UK LIMITED

74 import declarations 36 export declarations SR7 *Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 11Ch. 13 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include groats and meal of maize "corn", bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, maize "corn" flour.

▼ Expected to slow by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

GM PACKAGING (UK) LTD

43 import declarations 39 export declarations SR7 *Ch. 17Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), tableware and kitchenware, of plastics, tablecloths and serviettes of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months

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What Seaham trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 30 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (Fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hosesTrays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard)Rigid tubes, pipes and hoses, of polymers of vinyl chlorideFresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curdGroats and meal of maize "corn"

Common questions about trade in Seaham

How many businesses import or export from Seaham?

HMRC customs records show 30 businesses in Seaham (SR7) filed declarations over the last six months — 539 import declarations and 227 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Seaham businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Seaham traders the leading goods are appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Seaham growing?

Import activity is down 6.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 12.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Seaham importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC SYSTEMS LTD

RG DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED

THERMAL TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY LTD

MISSION FOODS UK LIMITED

GM PACKAGING (UK) LTD

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What Seaham trades

Common questions about trade in Seaham

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